OYO The Evesham Hotel

The Evesham Hotel sits in the town of Evesham in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire. The OYO branded property became one of Serco's West Midlands regional contingency hotels under the Home Office accommodation contract from January 2022. Residents came from the Middle East, Asia and Africa, with both individuals and families housed at the site^[2]Press.

The Worcester Observer reported in early 2022 that the move to use the Evesham Hotel for asylum-seeker accommodation was under fire over secrecy, with limited prior consultation and a perceived lack of transparency from the Home Office. The criticism set the tone for local debate over the contingency contract throughout its two and a half year run^[1]Press.

Evesham Vale Welcomes Refugees, a local group affiliated with the City of Sanctuary network, supported residents at the Evesham Hotel from 2022 onwards with English classes, donations and casework. The group's public records confirm that the hotel was a Serco run site under the Home Office contract and that residents received less than £9 per week in living expenses while housed there^[2]Press.

Blackpool Lead reported in April 2026 that the Britannia Metropole in Blackpool was one of five Serco sites scheduled to close as Home Office asylum-seeker accommodation in the months ahead, alongside the OYO Evesham Hotel. The Evesham contract was confirmed to end by 31 May 2026^[3]Press. On 25 June 2026 the Home Office listed the OYO Evesham hotel among 20 asylum hotels that had closed^[4]Press.

At the £170 per person per night Migration Observatory benchmark^[5]and a working occupancy of around 60 residents, accommodation contract value runs at roughly £10,200 per night and about £3.7 million per year. That sits below the May 2025 NAO contract review average of £5.84 million per year per hotel, in line with this site's smaller bedroom count^[6]NAO.